As you know, the British hydraulic lines (with a few peculiar exceptions) are "bubble flares" on the tube ends, rather thatn the US standard "double flares".
To clarify, for those unfamiliar with these, the US system uses a two step flaring tool that 'bulges' the tubing with a special fitting on the screw end of the flaring tool, then removes the special end and uses a tapered end to fold the bulged tubing into a doubled "V" shape.
Typically the process looks like this:
1) Hydraulic tube: ===============
2) First step in process: ================<>
3) Finished flare: =====================<<
with the "<<" joined at the outside, of course.
The British process seems to stop with something like step 2).
The outer nut pushes both of these into the threaded hole with the same thread form, and the back side of the nut appears about the same. The hole it's going into, however, is very different. The American one has a "<" shape to accept the "======<", while the british female connection has a projection like this "<" on the bottom, to meet the "bubble".
Straight tubing is available from Sunbeam specialties, so you can replace your lines.
What, however, would you do if you needed to use US hydraulic components (non-stock), or maybe US tubes? Or even AN fittings? Some have just used a bigger wrench. Not good!
A firm that handles specialized hydraulics, including an fittings, adapters, hose, etc. has a web page. They are:
Paragon Performance http://www.paragonperformance.com 1-800-270-0333
Afer a few interchanges, I got the following reply:
"Steve,
After getting the terminology squared away, we are familiar with the fittings and can do the assemblies using adapters. We do need to know, however, what the application is - brake lines or clutch lines. Of course, if you can give us the exact assembly configurations or send us the stock lines, we can evaluate them and get back to you with a competitive quote.
Mike"
Hope this source will be of value to you.
Steve
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